VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Catholic teaching and the truths of the Gospel
have a right to be heard in public debate, especially in a country
where so many people claim to be Christian, Pope Benedict XVI told the
bishops of England and Wales.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—The positive views expressed by some Catholics and
pro-life advocates following the election of Republican Scott Brown to
the U.S. Senate led many to believe that Brown is a Catholic who takes
a 100 percent pro-life stand. Neither is the case.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—An ongoing debate about U.S. Catholic institutions
of higher education maintaining their Catholic identity escalated in
2009 when the University of Notre Dame in Indiana invited President
Barack Obama to deliver the commencement address.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Over the years, hundreds of thousands of postcards
have come from U.S. Catholics in organized efforts to influence members
of Congress on issues ranging from partial-birth abortion to human
cloning to health care reform.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS)—Professors from other institutions came to
the University of Notre Dame to criticize both the way the university
handled its invitation to President Barack Obama as 2009 commencement
speaker and Obama's commencement address itself.

BALTIMORE (CNS)—The successful effort by leaders and staff members
of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to press lawmakers to keep
abortion out of health care reform legislation in the House of
Representatives provides an example for the future, according to the
chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human
Development.

TORONTO (CNS)—American Catholics who care about abortion and
end-of-life issues are being cynically used in the bitter health care
debate in the United States, said a leading U.S. expert on Catholic
health care.

President Barack Obama, speaking to a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, September 9, sent a clear message that basic health care is a right, not a privilege, a position also held by the U.S. bishops.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—In two national Catholic publications, two U.S.
archbishops and a bishop are revisiting the controversy over the
honorary degree conferred on President Barack Obama by the University
of Notre Dame.

BOSTON (CNS)—Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was mourned at a Boston church
and laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery Aug. 29, amid words of
comfort from the Book of Wisdom, Paul's Letter to the Romans and the
Gospel of Matthew, and recollections of his life by his sons, his
pastor, President Barack Obama and Cardinal ...

WASHINGTON (CNS)—The Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated for Senator Edward Kennedy at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, also known as the Mission Church, on Aug. 29.